Jay Brannan

Once upon our time in a land far gone where hate crime’s enforced by state crime even though they say the land of the free was made for both you and me Well, the girl next door might have cancer and the hospital nearby’s got the answer, but she’s never...

I know the song has been written already It's not gonna stop me from writing again Not gonna lie I don't really wanna live I'd rather be honest than impressive Nothing has changed and it's 12 years later I'm more of a child than I was back then Positive...

I never believed in love I never believed in love Then loved barreled though, Changed my view, When LOVE TOOK THE FORM OF YOU We had a good long ride Yes, we had a damn good time Rolling along Unrestrained To our melody unchained Then i was betray...

you're a beautiful man was cool to hold you thought i could have you boy was i wrong it was a dirty plan it's time someone told you you don't hold the world in the palm of your hand it must feel freaky to be so sneaky i guess you thought i'd never k...

I am on a lonely road and I am traveling Looking for something, what can it be Oh I hate you some, I hate you some, I love you some Oh I love you when I forget about me I want to be strong I want to laugh along I want to belong to the living Alive, aliv...

i'll put the coffee on, you just rest you've got healing to do and when the pain is gone we'll get you dressed in something much less blue 'til you laid eyes on me, i never dreamed i was someone who could be seen and when you said you always get what yo...

You say good start I say perfect ending This world has no heart and mine is beyond mending Wiping down menus of food I can’t afford If this is my destiny then why am I so bored? Chorus Am I suicidal? or am I hungry? American idol get the hell off...

Every time he goes, she dies Every time she comes, she cries He was her long, bright future In the middle of a wrong, dark road He loved her, but he wasn't too sure If he could return the love she showed When she said, my love extends Beyond the realm...

How many roads must a man walk down Before you call him a man? And how many seas must the white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand? And how many years must the cannonballs fly Before they're forever banned? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind T...

blue-haired lady kneeling by her bed trying to recite all the things daddy taught her jesus said blue-haired lady squints into the sun distant voices calling her, maybe from the light comes one: "you served your husband well saved all your kids from hell...

Perfect body, perfect smile Your touch renders me servile, I love the The way you speak to me, so sweet yet obscene The way you smell of chlorine I’m addicted, and you’d agree I crave you endlessly I feel useful on my knees And I take comfort at your f...

I am walking out in the rain and I am listening to the low moan of the dial tone again and I am getting nowhere with you and I can't let it go and I can't get through... And the old woman behind the pink curtains and the closed door on the first flo...

The stars are shining so bright Wait that's just Manhattans light It's been 12 hours since I ate I think I'm finally loosing weight Mixed up my armour with some knight Walking home wearing his white I know what you're gonna say No one could love me thi...

this century began war on afghanistan a turn or two around the clock woke up the war was on iraq state of perpetual terror they got them nukulers thererrr fire by trial and error reducing nations to soil said bring 'em on to a boil blood alchemized...

applying moisturizer in the microwave window for the tenth time, he should've called me an hour ago would he be here with flowers if i lived in arizona? they say there's no love left in the big cities, it's kinda true i guess you'll find me coming soon to...

do me this favor, don't be ashamed you've done the labor, it's okay to be changed we are bright we will see light let go of anger, it's been a good long while i am just a stranger, but i offer you this smile i am bright i will see light i can be chan...

it's cold, but light outside another sleepless night and Santa never made it it's just another day at least it feels that way it's Christmas, and I hate it the streets are empty and so am I to "Merry Christmas" I reply don't put your trust in happ...

dear santa, the thing is this year has been lame it always seemed, i always dreamed by now i'd have someone else's last name way past grown, sleeping in a shrunken bed all alone, unless you count the squatters tearing up my head tried so hard to be good a...

Hey there, baby, have you got a light? I'm not smoking, but i'm afraid i might have fallen down a dark carpal tunnel and Landed in your kiss and in the water from your big, brown eyes, i swam away from a quarter-life crisis You told me horror stories in room...

It’s four A.M. again Father, forgive me this sin Uncomfortable in this life, yeah I can’t put down this knife, yeah I’m carving words in my arms, baby Hey, scars are part of my charm, maybe I need the touch of a hand This isn’t what I had planned Cho...

it's a dark night, no sign of armor well alright, i'm the one who brought me here i've been wrong, but i've also been stronger so how long can i push away the man i fear? have you ever felt hopeless? have you ever been lost? ever looked back at the pers...

The smell of a candle Freshly blown out The light of the clock Shines on my skin Like a sickly green moonlight On a pale white day's decay I try to wipe you from my memory but your face won't fade away Another boy kissed me today I laughed in his mou...

I woke up in a coma in someone else's way Choked on the aroma of a world in decay Thought i heard laughin' as my knees hit the ground Saw nothin' but shadows racing all around CAN'T ONE OF THESE SHADOWS COME RESCUE ME? I need a little bit o' darkness to p...

I’m marching to Zion A camera in my hand I hear people cryin’ Dyin’ for this blood-stained land The streets of old Jerusalem Are lined with souvenirs and those buying them It sounds cold, but I cannot see How this theme park has shaped history Cause v...

I've got money in my pocket I like the color of my hair I've got a friend who loves me Got a house, I've got a car I've got a good mother And her voice is what keeps me here Feet on ground Heart in hand Facing forward Just be yourself I've never wan...

to bitter from sweet like liquid to concrete it's tough to digest life rips though your chest and just takes a heartbeat you can't check your pain aboard the shame train and maybe i'm out of line but if you show me yours i'll sing you mine CHORUS:...

I don’t know where we’re going but i know we’ve gone too far and i hope it isn’t showing but i think i love you and i can’t believe you’re leaving just when i let you in and when you had me believing i could feel again i could give a million reasons...

Fatal habits, broken dreams Waking up isn't all it seems We held on to what we couldn't see I carried you, you carried me Count down in hollywood Roasting letters from your father We proved survival of the "why bother" We were young and excited We were lost...

Two bodies pressed together two boys are falling hard the smell of sweat and leather a kinky greeting card crazy about each other we both have fucked up pasts but when we are together we have a fucking blast chorus i wanna be a housewife what’s so...

Four score and a few more days ago I asked if you would open me slow I guess, in a way, you did your part But, bitch, i meant my heart I'd be happy to write a love song If someone could stick around long enough For me to compose the first verse But ea...

Well, you're just across the table, but we're worlds apart Looking back now, it's clear that we weren't so smart But you found the lover inside this fighter And we found god inside a kick ass one nighter [Pre-chorus] But that was long ago, and I owe you...

if this were my last day on earth, i wouldn't cry if you tried to sell me another year or two, i wouldn't buy there's something dark, ugly but beautiful crawling underneath my skin not every black thread sews something suitable so tell me how you know so...

all alone in this land, i am got a mouthful of prayers on my tongue and their shells in my hand and i may have been young but wild ain't free so i'll rent ‘til i own the way my wind's blown me out here all alone it's just me, it's just me what if one...

Well that bullet in your mouth Found the easy way out Won't be long until you're sorry The future was lookin' starry Now your eyes are sweating doubt You look good in them jeans DO YOU KNOW WHAT LOVE MEANS? They said just do the things you do And love...

there's no ship in the harbour there's no horse in this town not one dick left in the city that can verb this stubborn noun tom this harry down your dollar's at the bottom of a bottle i bet the farm on the top of this well we both pop lies to sleep at n...

Three weeks and counting ‘til he’s on his way to France Not a dime in his pocket but a ticket in his hand He’s a cynical bastard but there’s hope in his eyes It’s been a long time coming, spent a long time running from his insides He tries hard to songwri...

Can we clear the air between us, and can we do it soon? I've been clawing at the mortar, your nails are dirty too When night falls, I crawl to the window and reach for the pain I'll fall, but I call you anyway Someday we'll be eating lobster and drinking...

I see the lights are turning And I look outside the stars are burning Through this changing time It could have been anything we want It's fine salvation was just a passing thought It was just a passing thought. Don't wait act now This amazing offer won...

the sidewalk is rushing at my head again i'm lying on the street in the rain and wind from doing forward rolls down avenue A with my guitar on my back, don't let it end this way somehow i dialed my cell i didn't know i could get service in hell how quic...

does anybody here have a soul? put the thermostat on overdrive, the air is bitter cold everywhere i look is nip & tuck and every song they play in here is vapid as fuck well i don’t give a shit about the weekend i don’t wanna hear about your car or w...

To the boy who should have loved me, From the boy you could've had. I promised not to send this letter, I wouldn't want you to feel bad. For not opening your heart to me, For your unavailability. I guess you're not required to like me, But did you fake...

16 candles 15 minutes 14 years gone down the drain i feel like i'm 13 again 12 steps from peace, tethered to pain 11 nights i've cried 10,000 deaths i've died [chorus:] i could be 9 lives stronger riding 8 seconds longer we've got 7 world wonders a...

When I was young I knew everything She a punk who rarely ever took advice Now I'm guilt stricken, sobbing with my head on the floor Stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice,..no I can't be held responsible 'Cause she was touching her face I won't be...

I have to say Dali's palette captured me in a way No painter has in a long while But Salvador's grey When hanging alongside your Perilous prey Paralysis-inducing smile I'm sinkin' down low Propped up by my guitar, Do you know i'd go To any length to...

Coulda been a lawyer, a fireman Engineer in cairo, ambassador to japan I9nstead i'm stretched here, Fire pit underneath Steel strings bound my body, The metal grill to my teeth In 20 seconds, can you scream Something for us, And in 6 seconds arrive at...

so many have penetrated this body how can you say i’m not easy? sure my social skill set is shoddy so is your personality and i’m just sick enough to keep writing this song and you’re just thick enough to clap your hands and sing along well i wish i may,...

Staring down the barrel of another holiday force-fed a christmas carol of another time, another place, another way what child is this who, who laid to rest on mary’s lap is sleeping well, what child is this who, who feels so blessed yet cannot keep from w...

Another head hangs lowly, Child is slowly taken. And the violence caused such silence, Who are we mistaken? But you see, it's not me, it's not my family. In your head, in your head they are fighting, With their tanks, and their bombs, And their bombs,...